Quiz
1. A researcher at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has been toying with the speed of light. What has she done?
2. In their search for cancer-killing medication, drug researchers have turned to the sea. Which type of sea life might help doctors attack cancer?
3. Scientists recently discovered that sandpipers have a "high-tech" method for finding food. What is it?
4. New research says that Venus could tell us a lot about something on Earth. What is it?
5. A scientist named Thomas Gold claims that there is life living way underground--several miles underground! What kind of living organism is he talking about?
1. A researcher at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has been toying with the speed of light. What has she done?
Slowed it way down.
2. In their search for cancer-killing medication, drug researchers have turned to the sea. Which type of sea life might help doctors attack cancer?
A soft, delicate sea plant.
3. Scientists recently discovered that sandpipers have a "high-tech" method for finding food. What is it?
Pressure sensitive beak sensors.
4. New research says that Venus could tell us a lot about something on Earth. What is it?
The climate.
5. A scientist named Thomas Gold claims that there is life living way underground--several miles underground! What kind of living organism is he talking about?
Simple bacteria.
Got your beak stuck in the sand?
You're ready to leave the nest.
You're a real high flier!